Rain Man
10-24-2004, 11:01 PM
The following suckish, referee-aided teams are currently leading their divisions and are in line for a playoff spot.
New England 6-0
Pittsburgh 5-1
Jacksonville 5-1
Denver 5-1
In the wild card race, we have the following rankings:
N.Y. Jets 5 1 0
Baltimore 4 2 0
Indianapolis 4 2 0
San Diego 4 3 0
Houston 3 3 0
Cleveland 3 4 0
Kansas City 2 4 0
Oakland 2 5 0
Tennessee 2 5 0
Cincinnati 1 4 0
Buffalo 1 5 0
Miami 1 6 0
The Jets play Miami and Buffalo the next two weeks, and so should move to 7-1.
The Ravens play Philadelphia and Cleveland, and so should go to 5-3. We have the tiebreaker on them.
San Diego plays Oakland and New Orleans, and should move to 6-3, but we know that they'll choke at some point.
Houston plays Jacksonville and Denver, and so will likely drop to 3-5.
Cleveland has a bye and then plays Baltimore, and will likely go to 3-5.
Indianapolis plays Kansas City and Minnesota. They can definitely be beaten by Minnesota. Losses to KC and Minnesota would put them at 4-4, with KC having the tiebreaker.
We play Indianapolis and Tampa Bay. We should beat Tampa, so a victory over both teams would put us at 4-4, which put us 4th in the tiebreakers, but only 1/2 a game behind the Ravens (including the tiebreaker), and only 1 game behind San Diego, who we play twice.
With a Kansas City victory, the standings have a good chance of looking like this, with the Chiefs holding tiebreakers over both Baltimore and Indianapolis. That's not too bad.
N.Y. Jets 7 1 0
San Diego 6 3 0
Baltimore 5 3 0
Kansas City 4 4 0
Indianapolis 4 4 0
Houston 3 5 0
Cleveland 3 5 0
Oakland who cares?
Tennessee who cares?
Cincinnati who cares?
Buffalo who cares?
Miami who cares?
On the other hand, a Kansas City loss to Indy would most likely lead to this scenario, with the Chiefs losing tiebreakers to Indianapolis and Houston.
N.Y. Jets 7 1 0
San Diego 6 3 0
Baltimore 5 3 0
Indianapolis 5 3 0
Houston 3 5 0
Kansas City 3 5 0
Cleveland 3 5 0
Oakland who cares?
Tennessee who cares?
Cincinnati who cares?
Buffalo who cares?
Miami who cares?
This is an important game.
New England 6-0
Pittsburgh 5-1
Jacksonville 5-1
Denver 5-1
In the wild card race, we have the following rankings:
N.Y. Jets 5 1 0
Baltimore 4 2 0
Indianapolis 4 2 0
San Diego 4 3 0
Houston 3 3 0
Cleveland 3 4 0
Kansas City 2 4 0
Oakland 2 5 0
Tennessee 2 5 0
Cincinnati 1 4 0
Buffalo 1 5 0
Miami 1 6 0
The Jets play Miami and Buffalo the next two weeks, and so should move to 7-1.
The Ravens play Philadelphia and Cleveland, and so should go to 5-3. We have the tiebreaker on them.
San Diego plays Oakland and New Orleans, and should move to 6-3, but we know that they'll choke at some point.
Houston plays Jacksonville and Denver, and so will likely drop to 3-5.
Cleveland has a bye and then plays Baltimore, and will likely go to 3-5.
Indianapolis plays Kansas City and Minnesota. They can definitely be beaten by Minnesota. Losses to KC and Minnesota would put them at 4-4, with KC having the tiebreaker.
We play Indianapolis and Tampa Bay. We should beat Tampa, so a victory over both teams would put us at 4-4, which put us 4th in the tiebreakers, but only 1/2 a game behind the Ravens (including the tiebreaker), and only 1 game behind San Diego, who we play twice.
With a Kansas City victory, the standings have a good chance of looking like this, with the Chiefs holding tiebreakers over both Baltimore and Indianapolis. That's not too bad.
N.Y. Jets 7 1 0
San Diego 6 3 0
Baltimore 5 3 0
Kansas City 4 4 0
Indianapolis 4 4 0
Houston 3 5 0
Cleveland 3 5 0
Oakland who cares?
Tennessee who cares?
Cincinnati who cares?
Buffalo who cares?
Miami who cares?
On the other hand, a Kansas City loss to Indy would most likely lead to this scenario, with the Chiefs losing tiebreakers to Indianapolis and Houston.
N.Y. Jets 7 1 0
San Diego 6 3 0
Baltimore 5 3 0
Indianapolis 5 3 0
Houston 3 5 0
Kansas City 3 5 0
Cleveland 3 5 0
Oakland who cares?
Tennessee who cares?
Cincinnati who cares?
Buffalo who cares?
Miami who cares?
This is an important game.